Puppy Is The Only One Who Is Having Diarrhea On Raw Diet?
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Jan 18th, 2010 |
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Piper (aged 2.5 years) and Emmy (aged 4.5 months) have switched well- I switched Sunday night i believe? Little Lacey (age 11 weeks) the the only one having diarrhea… She started off with firm poop but in the past two days it has gotten looser and looser.
I know they say that if it’s loose to add more bone in the diet, but who arent my other dogs that way? They are getting the exact same thing, just in different quantities to match their weight.
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My puppies are weaned onto a raw diet xD
Anyway, it’s only been a few days, for right now I wouldn’t even feed bonier bits, heck your feeding necks right? That’s pretty high in bone to begin with! You’re lucky the others didn’t get some loose stools! Just sit back and wait and let her system adjust. If you need comforting you can always e-mail me for pics of my puppies taking a bath (aka eating) in turkeyburger and goats milk xD
I eatsa da raw meat and wear e-collars -is abuuuused-http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4193…
More abuuuuuuse!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2782/4260…
Oh GOD, he was even abused as a little fat, 8 week old, gray, flop eared pup!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4275…
My Manto son at 10 years old (weaned on a raw diet) oOo, your dogs will be this sickly! 10yo with no gray, gotta love it xDhttp://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4272…
Ah theres always one lol.
and when theres that one i just switch them over to kibble, because sometimes the transition is pretty difficult. and from there just add something like greenbeans or other little veggies in the kibble and slowly cut back on the kibble. and just stay like that until the pup is alittle older then try to feed full raw again. to help with the diarrhea cook some white rice and mix it in with a little bit of cooked hamburger meat, it really helps, that’s what i give to my dogs when they have the diarrhea for a few days.
She’s still adjusting, so I wouldn’t worry just yet. Some dogs just take some time to get used to the new diet. Out of my 5, 2 had runny stools the first few weeks. You can add more bone for the dog that is still having runny stools and see if that helps, but odds are good her system is just taking a little longer to adjust than the others. It’s perfectly normal.
I would suggest feeding some “bonier” peices to the pup and see how that works out. Bone tends to firm the stool up. Do keep to one type of meat. With the pup, you may want to take things more slowly when introducing other meats or organs.
I know one dog that’s allergic to animal protein. The owner had to put the dog on a soy diet, and that solved his problem.
But I would take the dog to the vet to determine the cause of the diarrhea for your dog.
It may be that Lacey needs more bone … and smaller, more frequent meals. I’m also a fan of live culture yoghurt (goat if possible) mixed with some acidophilus given 30 min before meals if one of the dogs has a tummy upset.
I got the same problem when I switched my dogs onto raw except my pup was 5.5 or 6 months old when I switched them to raw, my older dog 2 yrs old switched no problem, but my pup had firm poop for 2 days I believe and then he got diarrhea for several days they also advised me to add more bone so i did and it did work it firmed his poop within 2 days, but if she continues with the diarrhea then i would suggest switching back to kibble and waiting for her to be at least 4 months old because right now she is just going to turn 3 months old so maybe if the adding more bone doesn’t work for you maybe just wait for her to get a little bit older ok.
Hoped I helped fellow raw feeder.
Normally pups eat puppy food and adult dogs eat adult food.
With feeding a raw diet, where is the difference in requirements being demonstrated for the pup – other than amount??